Vanity case



- Oct. 15, 1940. J LESHlN 2,217,910

h VANITY CASE Filed Sept. 23, 1958 INVENTQR Jase iz Zesh'n A NEY Patented Oct. 15, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VANITY CASE Joseph Les 11in, Bronx, N. Y., assignor to Majestic Metal Specialties, Inc., Moosup, Conn a corporation of Connecticut Application September as, 1938, Serial No. 231,287

1 Claim.

This invention relates to vanity cases and has for its object to provide a simple, attractive, and efiloient device of this type. Another object is to provide a vanity case capable of being. easily opened and closed. A further object is to provide a vanity case having a latch easily opened and located on the outside instead of on the inside of the case.

Many vanity cases have small thumbnail slides or push buttons for actuating a spring pressed latch in opening the vanity case. Such a device is diflicult to operate at times. According to this invention these disadvantages have been eliminated and a large size handle provided for a latch located on the outside of the vanity case. Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 is a top plan view of one embodiment of this invention. Fig.

2 is a side view of the device of Fig. 1, showing the vanity case partially open.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line H of Fig. 3. A vanity case III of any convenient and well known type includes a body portion II and a cover or top portion I2, hinged together at I3 to enable the two portions of the casing to be opened for use. For holding the two portions together in closed position a latch I4 is located on the outside of the vanity case, being pivoted type of projection and recess connection or any well known type of yieldable connection may serve to hold a latch in its closed position. In the embodiment illustrated, the cover portion I2 is provided with a small ridge or projection l6 over which an end of the latch is adapted to yieldably engage, this end portionof the latch being recessed as shown in Fig. 3 to fit over the ridge. Preferably the latch itself is capable of 4 flexing sufliciently to enable the recessed portion v to be flexed over the ridge l6.

Secured to the bridge portion Ila of the latch, preferably by soldering, is a tubular handle part II, which may if desired, be provided with a number of grooves l8 for purposes of ornamentation and to assist in enabling the operator to get a better grip on the handle. At one end of the tubular handle is located a removable portion 20, soldered or otherwise secured around the base of the tubular casing 2|, telescoping within the outer part of the tubular handle H. The casing 2| contains a lipstick carrier 22 slidable therein by means of an actuator button I9 which slides in a longitudinal slot in the casing 2| and is secured to the carrier 22 for moving the carrier at l5 to the bottom portion ll. Any convenient toward and from the open end portion 230! the casing 2|, as is common in the art of lipstick holders.

In operation the latch is opened by simply pressing the tubular handle portion to rotate it 5 in a counter-clockwise direction as shown in Fig. 3.- After releasing the cover portion l2, the tubular handle may be swung about its pivot until it is moved through almost 180 degrees or until the latch or handle contacts with the bot- 10 tom of the body portion ll. After being opened the vanity case is used in the usual manner, it containing powder, rouge or whatever is desired. After closing the vanity case the latch I4 is swung about its pivot I5 until the recessed-end 15 portion snaps over the ridge I6. This ridge provides double cam surfaces to facilitate'the latching engagement, the latch flexing the desired amount to enable its recessed portion to engage the ridge or projection l6.

After the vanity case has been closed the portion 20 may be grasped and withdrawn, pulling the inner casing 2| out of the tubular handle portion. When it has been removed the actuator button l9 may be slid toward the open end 25 23 of the casing 2|, raising the carrier 22 and causing the lipstick material to be projected for use. After use the actuator button is slid toward the base or cover portion 20 retracting the carrier to the position shown in Fig. 4. The remov- 30 able lipstick holder may then be put back into the tubular handle H, the casing 2| telescoping yet freely sliding within the tubular handle. When the cover portion 20 has been .moved to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the friction 5 fit of the casing 2l within the handle enables the actuator button H to be held between the cover portion 20 and the adjacent end of the tubular handle H. The removable lipstick holder portion may be inserted in the handle ll with 40 the actuator button It! in any desired angular position such as that shown in Fig. l, or with the button moved substantially any angular amount therefrom in either direction, since the tubular handle portion I1 is preferably not slotted but only the cover portion 20 and the inner casing 2| to receive the actuator button. The lipstick holder may also be conveniently used in the above described manner when the vanity case is open as well as closed.

I claim:

A vanity case having a cover, a hinge connecting said case and cover along one side, an end wall closing said case on the side opposite said hinge, a handle of generally tubular shape car- 55 ried by and spaced from the vanity case on the outside 01' said end wall and substantially parallel therewith, whereby said handle may be of larger diameter or thickness than it could it it were located within said vanity case with the cover closed, a latch adjacent the handle and carried by said case for engagement with a portion of the cover when closed to retain the cover ment or the handle. v

' JOSEPH LESHJN. 

